Saturday, December 8, 2007

Veronica Ruiz - Missing Since Dec. 3, 2007


This is a strange one. Veronica Ruiz, 25 and an IRS agent, has been missing since December 3rd. She went hiking up on Mount Tamalpais in Mill Valley (across the bridge from San Francisco) and hasn't been seen since.

I got an email from Vox telling me about this story, so I'm posting it. Thanks Vox.

Here is a local flier announcing a community search: http://www.audcast.com/findveronicaruiz/

Here are screen shots from that flier (click on the image for a full view):




Here is a conversation about her case on the Yelp Community site:
Please Pray for Veronica Ruiz - Search For Missing Mill Valley Woman

KTVU: Search For Missing Mill Valley Woman Suspended

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Tiasha Wingfield and Safiyah Horsford: Missing Since November 3, 2007


TIASHA ROSETTA WINGFIELD



SAFIYAH AYEESHA HORSFORD

Tiasha and Safiyah may be together. They may still be in the local area or they may travel to Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, or Miami, Florida.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Port Saint Lucie Police Department (Florida) 1-772-871-5001

Missing From:
PORT SAINT LUCIE
FL
United States

Tiasha and Safiyah's Missing Kids poster: Tiasha and Safiyah have the same poster.


Tiasha's description:

DOB: Nov 8, 1993
Missing: Nov 3, 2007
Age Now: 14
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Weight: 112 lbs (51 kg)

Safiyah's description:
DOB: Aug 24, 1992
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair: Black
Eyes: Gray
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Weight: 129 lbs (59 kg)

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Dajah Hunter: Missing Since Novemeber 9, 2007



Both photos shown are of Dajah. She may still be in the local area.

Missing From:
IRVINGTON
NJ
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Irvington Police Department (New Jersey) 1-973-399-6600

Dajah's Missing Kids poster

DOB: Feb 8, 1999
Missing: Nov 9, 2007
Age Now: 8
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 4'0" (122 cm)
Weight: 75 lbs (34 kg)

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Saturday, November 10, 2007

Annita Nicole Herrara and Destiny Zubia: Missing Since October 27, 2007

Annita Nicole Herrara


Destiny Zubia

Anita and Destiny were last seen on October 27, 2007. They may be in the company of an adult female and an adult male. They may travel to Mexico.

Missing From:
COOLIDGE
AZ
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Coolidge Police Department (Arizona) 1-520-723-5311

Their Missing Kid's poster, click here.

Anita's info:

DOB: Jun 11, 1992
Missing: Oct 27, 2007
Age Now: 15
Sex: Female
Race: Hispanic
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 4'9" (145 cm)
Weight: 125 lbs (57 kg)

Destiny's info:
DOB: Nov 25, 2006
Missing: Oct 27, 2007
Age Now: 11 Month(s)
Sex: Female
Race: Hispanic
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 2'0" (61 cm)
Weight: 20 lbs (9 kg)

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Monday, November 5, 2007

Mashana Washington: Missing Since October 12, 2007


Mashana was last seen on October 12, 2007 wearing blue jeans and a black shirt. She may still be in the local area.

Missing From:
VIRGINIA BEACH
VA
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse
1-800-822-4453
Virginia Beach Police Department Sgt. John Gandy 757-385-8175

Mashana's Missing Kids poster.


DOB: Oct 30, 1992
Age Now: 15
Missing: Oct 12, 2007
Sex: Female
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Weight: 120 lbs (54 kg)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Race: Black

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Sunday, November 4, 2007

Sharita Frazier: Missing Since October 14, 2007

Sharita was last seen on October 14, 2007 wearing a white Tee-shirt, black jacket and blue jeans. She has shoulder length hair that maybe in a pony tail. She may still be in the local area.

Missing From:
COLONIAL HEIGHTS
VA
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse
1-800-822-4453
Colonial Heights Police Department Officer H.S. Whirley III 804-520-9300

Sharita's Missing Kids poster.


DOB: Nov 10, 1990
Age Now: 16
Missing: Oct 14, 2007
Sex: Female
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Weight: 172 lbs (78 kg)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Race: Black

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Oneika Jones: Missing Since October 12, 2007

This one is really lacking a lot of information. There isn't even a city where she was last seen. The picture is a profile shot too. I don't even want to theorize about why. Let's hope she's found. Here is the info.

Oneika was last seen on October 12, 2007. She may still be in the local area.

Missing From:
VA
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse
1-800-822-4453
Caroline County Sheriff's Office Officer P.H. Blasiol 804-633-5400

Oneika's Missing Kids poster.

DOB: May 23, 1991
Age Now: 16
Missing: Oct 21, 2007
Sex: Female
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Race: Black

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Sherry Florence: Missing Since October 6, 2007

Sherry was last seen on October 6, 2007. She has a scar over her left eye and a scar on her left hand from a cigarette. She may still be in the local area.

Missing From:
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
VA
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse
1-800-822-4453
Prince William County Police Department (703) 792-6500

Here is Sherry's Missing Kids poster.

Missing: Oct 6, 2007
DOB: Jan 7, 1991
Age Now: 16
Sex: Female
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Eyes: Brown
Race: Black
Hair: Black
Weight: 230 lbs (104 kg)

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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Repost: Gloria Walker

This is posted over at the CSB: Crime Scene Blog, but I wanted to repost it here.

Gloria Walker has been missing since May 20, 2007. Someone has to know where she is.

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Gloria Walker





Name: Gloria Walker

Date Missing: May 20, 2007

Missing From: Cleveland, Ohio

DOB: 8/12/1960

Age: 46 yrs old

Hair Color: Black

Height: 5’2

Weight: 125 lbs

Eye Color: Brown


Sex: Female

Race: Black

Complexion: Medium


Police/Sheriff: Cleveland Police Dept

Officer/Deputy Name: Det. Chism

Officer’s Phone #: 216/6233333

Officer’s Case #: 200700186890

TES Case #: 07719Gloria Walker, age 46, was last seen on Sunday, May
20, 2007 around 11:30 p.m. in Cleveland, Ohioand has not been seen or
heard from since. Gloria was last seen wearing red jogging pants and
open toe sandals, top unknown. She was last seen driving a 1996 Chevy
Lumina.


Call: 281/3099500


Toll free 877/2709500


[Source]



Article:


Gloria Walker, 46, disappeared from Cleveland’s eastside three months ago.

Saturday, Walker’s family received a helping hand, from 1,100 miles away.


EquuSearch, the same organization that mobilized thousands of people
in the search for Jessie Davis, the missing, pregnant mother in Stark
County, took on Walker’s case.


More than 80 volunteers waded through shoulder-high grass and
explored vacant homes on Cleveland’s east side. They peeled their way
through vacant homes and raked through heavy brush along the railroad
tracks. They looked for any sign of Gloria Walker.


Richard Johnson saw a missing person’s flier in his neighbor and decided to help out.


“We’re down here looking for shoes, any kind of personal
identification,” Johnson said as he probed 3-foot-tall weeds with a
stick. “You know, it’s time consuming, but it’s fulfilling. I think
everybody should do more to help everybody else.”



Tim Miller, founder of Equusearch mapped out specific areas for
volunteers to look for Walker. Miller said EquuSearch has found 72
people in the more than 700 cases they’ve taken on.


Walker was last seen May 20, driving a car her long-time boyfriend
had been repairing for a relative. Walker’s brother reported her
missing, five days after neighbors last saw her.


That car was found two weeks later in the Harvard/Fleet area of Cleveland, only three miles from her house.


Saturday, volunteers checked potential dump sites in that area. They
found a five-foot long, mound of dirt next to the tracks near Walker’s
home. It was nothing.


“I think Gloria is findable,” Miller said. “I think some new
information came to law enforcement that may lead them in another
direction.”


Greg Washington, who said he fathered a son with Walker, was thankful for Miller’s expertise.


“He’s a godsend,” Washington said. “Every day has been getting up thinking about Gloria. Where is she?”


Even though Saturday’s searchers did not find Walker, Washington said the search encouraged him.


“We’ll keep turning over every stone we can,” Washington said. “I’m
not giving up. I promised her we would always watch each other’s back.”



[Source]


Video:


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Joshua Akeem Bland: Missing Since Sept. 27, 2007


Missing: Sep 27, 2007.

Joshua may still be in the local area. His front tooth is chipped. Joshua's nickname is Josh.

Missing From:
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
IL
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Country Club Hills Police Department (Illinois) 1-708-798-3191

Joshua's poster

DOB: Feb 20, 1994
Age Now: 13
Weight: 125 lbs (57 kg)
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Eyes: Brown
Race: Black
Sex: Male
Hair: Black

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Restaffing...

Sorry for the lag, but I've been swamped.

However, I've put out the call for more help and so far so good.

So more to come. However, in the meantime click over to the Black and Missing blog because she's doing great work.

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Sunday, October 7, 2007

Olivia Maricela Soriano-Almendaris: Missing Since Oct. 2, 2007




Ohio Police Seek Missing Pregnant Mom

Ohio police issued missing person alert Thursday for a pregnant woman who disappeared from a bank on Oct. 2.

Olivia Maricela Soriano-Almendaris, 20, of Columbus, Ohio, is nine months pregnant and vanished on the same day she was due to give birth, according to the release from the Columbus Division of Police.

Soriano-Almendaris is 5-feet, 6-inches tall, weighs 150 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing green pants, a white T-shirt and a gray sweater, police said.

Authorities believe she may have been driving a black 1995 Ford Explorer with Ohio license plate number DZW-7021.

Anyone with information is asked to call the missing persons unit of the department's special victims bureau at 614-645-2358.

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Friday, October 5, 2007

Shardae "Mimi" Jenkins: Missing Since Sept. 29, 2007


Mother Seeks Help In Finding Missing 13-Year-Old

CHICAGO -- A North Side mother is asking for the public's help in finding her missing teenager.

Shardae "Mimi" Jenkins, 13, left the home she shares with her mother near Peterson and Western avenues on Saturday night and has not been seen since.

Her mother said that the girl may be with a boyfriend who is known to the mother only as "Outlaw." She described him as a black man between 17 and 21 years old.

Shardae was last seen wearing a white shirt with dollar signs on it and blue jeans. Her mother described her as being 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 104 pounds. She is a light-skinned black girl, with brown hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Chicago Police Department's Area 3 Special Victims Unit at 312-744-8266.

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Glenda Furch: Last Seen Sept. 28, 2007




PD: Fort Worth Woman's Disappearance Suspicious

Missing Fort Worth Woman's Car Found Burned

There's new information concerning the search for a Fort Worth grandmother who has been missing for nearly a week.

According to police, Glenda Furch's burned-out car was found in Dallas Thursday morning.

Furch's daughters have been holding vigil at their mother's Fort Worth apartment. The girls said they were hoping their 51-year-old mother would come back safe and sound.

Furch's daughter Shimon is begging the public for help. "We just need to know what happened. So if anybody knows anything we just plead to the community... today it's me, tomorrow it could be you. Just to the community, just to get involved and if you know anything just call the police and let them know."

The women broke down in tears when they learned about the discovery of the vehicle.

Furch has not been seen since she left her job at the General Motors plant in Arlington around midnight on Friday. Police have been looking for her and her 1998 4-door gold/champagne colored Mazda Millenia ever since.

Early Wednesday morning firefighters in southeast Dallas found a car on fire at an abandoned car wash near Hatcher and Military Parkway.

After tracing the cars identification numbers, investigators confirmed Thursday that the vehicle is Furch's.

Investigators with the Fort Worth Police Department say the discovery of the car is a significant development. "That's one less thing that we have to focus efforts on – finding the car," says FWPD Spokesman Lt. Dean Sullivan. "Now we have to find out who's responsible for setting it on fire, determine whether or not there's any involvement."

Fort Worth homicide detectives and crime scene investigators spent part of the day in Dallas looking for evidence in or on Furch's car and checking out the area where it was found.

"Really still, at this point even though we suspect foul play, we haven't concluded exactly that there's any crime that's been committed. Of course worst case scenario, if it does determine that we locate her in peril or some otherwise means of course we'll have to start working on developing suspects," Sullivan said.

Furch's co-workers from the Arlington GM plant are planning a candle light vigil for her on Saturday.

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Black Children Missing in Alarming Numbers

This is a news piece from May 2006, but I notice that it's still very much the case. I pull a lot of the missing children from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children website.

I notice that the numbers of missing black children is huge. I noticed because you can run searches based on race. I almost always search for the most recent cases, so I run searches for case where the child has been missing for a month or less.

I always get a page full of faces of missing black kids, but from time to time no results for minority children of other races. Of course, I wish for no results at all, but it's profoundly disturbing to see how many kids who look like me go missing on a monthly basis.

Anyway, here is the link to the audio report: Black Children Missing in Alarming Numbers

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Crusade to find missing Nailah made us care

An interesting article by Mary Mitchell at the Chicago Sun-Times discussing how the crusade to find Nailah was different from other cases of missing black women.

Crusade to find missing Nailah made us care
Black families push to get coverage of disappearances

October 2, 2007
BY MARY MITCHELL Sun-Times Columnist

The relatives of Nailah Franklin are living a family's worst nightmare. Last Friday, an unclothed body that was discovered in the Calumet Woods was identified as the 28-year-old Franklin. With her fashion model looks, Franklin has been described as the "star" of her close-knit family.

Franklin was reported missing Sept. 19.

Like most parents, I worry about my adult daughters because, unfortunately, there is too much mayhem in the world. I don't think my family is much different from a lot of others.

And while every missing person is neither pretty or even lovable, if someone we love goes missing, we want police to turn over every stone. We want our friends and our neighbors to fan out across the city and join in the search. We want that person's face plastered on national news programs as well as in the local papers.
She was not seen in the same light

Yet, too often when young black women disappear, none of those things happen without the family waging a crusade.

These relatives have to scuffle to get alerts posted, and when the police department distributes the alert, it is still a fight to get the notice in a newspaper.

Franklin's disappearance didn't follow that pattern for several reasons.

First, she was a very attractive black woman who came from a middle-class background.

As such, her disappearance didn't get typecast as a throwaway. Franklin wasn't seen in the same light as the troubled black women who walked the streets in neighborhoods like Roseland and Englewood and ended up being found dead in abandoned buildings without anyone knowing they were missing.

Neither was Franklin's disappearance viewed in the same way as law enforcement views the average teenage runaway. Although many of the parents and guardians of these young people do their best to get media attention, their pleas are routinely ignored. And while police will pick up runaways if they happen to bump into them, they don't make it a priority to locate teens who bolt from their homes.

Franklin's relatives and friends made sure her plight was not ignored. Her sister, Lehia Franklin Acox, used her media contacts to ensure that photographs of her missing sister were widely circulated. For consecutive days, Nailah's beautiful smile graced the front pages, while updates of the search aired regularly on national news programs.

This is a significant change from just four years ago.

When Nancie Walker, a Chicago businesswoman, disappeared in 2003, her family and friends had to pressure the Chicago Police Department to investigate the disappearance as a possible abduction even though Walker was not known to take off without letting anyone know of her whereabouts.

Three months after vanishing, Walker's dismembered body was found in plastic bags. No one has been charged with that crime.

The way Nailah Franklin's disappearance was handled -- not just by the police but by the media -- shows that black families now are more aggressive about getting the media's help.

Because of the Franklin family's efforts, I saw the face of Nailah Franklin so often, I began to feel as if I knew her. And just as the faces of two other missing persons -- Laci Peterson and Natalee Holloway -- were etched into our consciousness through media exposure, by the time Franklin's body was found 10 days after she disappeared, many of us were genuinely moved by the tragedy.

It is a tragedy, but also a blessing that Franklin has been humanized in a way that so many missing black women have not been.
Case can't be dismissed

From her sisters, we learned that Franklin was someone who brought incredible joy to their lives. From her employers, we learned that the young professional was so well-respected in the workplace that her unscheduled absence was cause for alarm.

During days of waiting, we learned that Franklin had a spiritual family, that she had career goals and that she was a real role model for her younger relatives.

Nailah Franklin's family made sure there would be no presumptions. People who loved Franklin made sure that her disappearance wouldn't be dismissed as just another act of random violence.

No missing person should get less than that.


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Saturday, September 29, 2007

If Madeleine McCann was Black, Would the Media Care?

This is an blog by Robbie Gennet that I found on the Huffington Post today.

I've copied the text here, but you can click over to read the original.

It's Gennet's writing and comments should be posted there. So click over if you have any feedback on this.

If Madeleine McCann was Black, Would the Media Care?
Madeleine McCann, who you've no doubt heard has been missing over in Europe, is a white British four-year-old whose disappearance has sparked a massive global media focus. Front pages of major magazines, top news stories on television and a hunt that has spanned continents. No matter how awful that is, it is hard to imagine this same scenario playing out if she was not white.

Imagine if the exact same chain of events -- daughter missing on vacation, parents distraught and searching for clues -- happened to a black family. Or Hispanic, Asian, name your race. Would the world be in such an uproar? Would the parents be invited to the Vatican to pray with the Pope, as did the McCann's recently? Imagine if the genocide in Darfur got the media coverage of Madeleine McCann. Or any one of the thousands of missing children in this country others that are so unfortunate as to be non-white. Now I am not a parent (though I am a new uncle) but I can imagine the grief one would go through having their child go missing.

However, the media focus on this case has grown to a level that is completely out of balance with reality. I'm sure we all agree that solving Madeleine's disappearance would be a positive turn of events. But until there is some parity in the world's concern about ALL missing children of EVERY race, color and nationality, a case like this only serves to propagate the mistaken stereotype that if you're white, you somehow matter more. And to all the parents of missing non-white children out there, that is a cruel and unnecessary facet of a reality that desperately needs to change.

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Ethlin Williams Ruddock: Missing Since Sept. 22, 2007



North American Missing Persons Network: Ethlin Ruddock

Brooklyn Woman with Alzheimer's Still Missing
Last Seen in Flatlands

NEW YORK -- An elderly Brooklyn woman with Alzheimer's has been missing from her Brooklyn home for a week. Her family has been handing out photo fliers, hoping someone has seen Ethlin Williams Ruddock, 78.

Police said she was last seen Saturday, September 22, at 5:30 p.m. on East 46th Street in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn.

She was wearing a floral-print shirt, beige skirt, black sandals, a black Coach purse, and a gold wedding band inscribed with "To Ethlin Love Alvin." She is of African-Caribbean descent and has black eyes, a dark complexion, and thin salt-and-pepper hair.

Ruddock is enrolled in the Alzheimer's Association Safe Return program. Her identification number is 232665, but she is not wearing any of her identification products.

Anyone with information can call the Alzheimer's Association Safe Return program at 800-572-1122 or the Crime Stoppers hot line at 800-577-TIPS (8477).

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Courtney Raven Morgan: Missing Since Sept. 2, 2007

Courtney was last seen on September 2, 2007 around 1100 hours. She was last seen with her cousin, Alicia (B/F), on a Greyhound bus headed towards Baltimore, Maryland. Courtney wears corrective black glasses and has a scar on her right hip.

Missing From:
HALIFAX COUNTY
VA
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse
1-800-822-4453
Halifax County Sheriff's Office Deputy Burton (434) 476-3334

Courtney's Missing Kids poster.

DOB: Dec 18, 1993
Age Now: 13
Missing: Sep 2, 2007
Sex: Female
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
Weight: 140 lbs (64 kg)
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black
Race: Black

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Nailah Franklin's Body Found

Update 1 (Sept. 30, 2007 @ 9:38am KST)

There were some people who didn't believe the body was Nailah's. However, authorities have confirmed that it's her body with medical records.

Here is the article: Police identify body of missing Chicago woman
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Horrible news - Nailan Franklin's body has been found according to a report from the Associated Press.

I'm posting the article here, but as I mentioned in the original post on Nailah, the Crime US blog is posting regular updates on this case.



Uncle: Missing drug rep's body found

Story Highlights
  • NEW: Uncle of Nailah Franklin says her body was found
  • Police haven't identified body found in Illinois forest preserve
  • Franklin was reported missing September 19 after missing a meeting
  • Her car was found in Hammond, Indiana, near abandoned building
CALUMET CITY, Illinois (AP) -- A drug sales representative who disappeared last week was found dead near a forest preserve, not far from where her car was abandoned, her uncle said Thursday.

Calumet City Police Chief Russell Larson confirmed only that an unidentified woman's body had been found in the area Thursday morning.

But Nailah Franklin's uncle Jon Merrill and family friend Andrew Holms said authorities had told the family the body is that of Merrill's 28-year-old niece.

Franklin, a pharmaceutical sales representative for Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly, was reported missing September 19 after she missed a meeting at work. Her car was discovered in Hammond, Indiana, on Friday night near an abandoned building.

Franklin had filed a police report shortly before her disappearance about getting threatening phone calls from a man she had dated briefly.

Chicago police said Monday they had interviewed someone Franklin once dated but have not named a suspect in her disappearance.

Since her disappearance, family members and volunteers have papered the area with fliers and taken out a newspaper ad seeking the public's help.

They have offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts.

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JOSIAH DAWSON: Missing Since Sept. 24, 2007


Josiah was last seen on September 24, 2007 wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and white Nike sneakers. He may have a backpack with the Harley Davidson logo. Josiah may be in the company of an adult female. He may be in need of medical attention.

Missing From:
Newark, NJ, USA

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACTNational Center for Missing & Exploited Children1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)Newark Police Department (New Jersey) 1-973-733-6000
Link to Josiah's Missing Kids poster

DOB: Mar 24, 2006
Missing: Sep 24, 2007
Sex: Male
Height: 2'0" (61 cm)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Race: Black
Age Now: 1
Weight: 26 lbs (12 kg)

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Simone Baldwin: Missing Since Sept. 8, 2007


Simone was last seen on September 8, 2007 wearing a red t-shirt and yellow shorts with red strawberries on them. She has pierced ears and wears glasses. She may be in the company of a Hispanic male named Carlos. She may still be in the local area.

Missing From:
RICHMOND
VA
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Virginia Missing Children's Clearinghouse
1-800-822-4453
Henrico County Police Department Officer Nance (804) 501-5000

Link to Simone's poster.

DOB: Nov 1, 1992
Missing: Sep 8, 2007
Age Now: 14
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Race: Black
Sex: Female
Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)


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Monday, September 24, 2007

Nailah Franklin: Missing Since Sept. 18, 2007

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Nailah Franklin is 5′2″ and weighs about 115 lbs.

Please call the police at (312) 746-9259 if you have any information about the case.

For more info about the case check the Crimeblog USA which is updating its post on Nailah regularly: Missing Person from Chicago: Nailah Franklin

The latest news as I'm typing this is that her vehicle was found in Indiana, but she's still missing.
Here is an article from CBS News in Chicago.

Family Fears Missing Woman Was Harmed

Friend Says Nailah Franklin Disappeared After Threatening Message From Ex-Boyfriend


(CBS) CHICAGO A massive effort is underway to find a missing woman who disappeared apparently without a trace. Nailah Franklin's family and friends, along with police, are scrambling to get the word out.

As CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports, the Little Gym in University Village served Friday as the gathering point for Franklin's family and friends. There was a continuous flow of well wishers stopping by, picking up fliers that they're passing out in the community. Both the police and Franklin's family say they're not giving up hope she'll be found.

Family and friends spent Friday afternoon passing out fliers near Franklin's University Village condominium.

"We just want to get as much information possible out about Nailah and to be able to talk and keep the momentum in the streets," said Franklin's friend Lavelle Smith.

The 28-year-old Eli Lilly pharmaceutical representative was last seen on September 18. Her family says she is always in constant contact, especially by text message. The last message she sent was that night, saying she was at dinner and would call later. No one has heard from her since.

"She is very bright, smart, educated, a beautiful black woman," said Franklin's uncle Dwayne Johnson.

At a news conference on Friday afternoon, police said they are tracing phone calls as well as personal and business credt card records. They're also going over video from a surveillance camera outside her condo.

"I'd just like to find her," said Sgt. Virginia Zic-Schlomas of the Area 4 Special Victims Unit.

Police are talking with several people Franklin has had relationships with. Sources say one of them has a history of making threats to other women. A week before she vanished Franklin had filed a report with police about a man she had dated, claiming he was threatening her by phone.

"She had already had contact with a detective of our agency, who was in constant contact with her giving her advice," Zic-Schlomas said.

Among the advice was to file a restraining order against the man.

Franklin's friend Dana McClellan said the message contained the following: "Basically 'I could do harm to you. You haven't seen that side, of me but I do have a bad side and I could do harm to you.'"

Franklin's sister went to the Harrison Area police headquarters Friday morning to talk to detectives about the case. She said detectives called her and asked her to come in.

Police say they still have confidence Franklin will be found.

"I'm still hoping there's a positive outcome in the results of all this," Zic-Schlomas said.

Two computers are also missing from Franklin's home: a personal laptop and one she used for her work with Eli Lilly.

Franklin is 5-feet 2-inches, 115 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair.

Her company car, a 2005 four-door, black Chevy Impala, has also vanished. It has Illinois license plate number of 1957855.

Eli Lilly is also involved in the investigation since one of their employees, and a company computer, is missing.

"This is someone who just had everything to live for; she was at the top of her game professionally; she bought two condos on her own as a single woman; she dotes on her niece, my daughter; she's just a person who is very connected with the people she cares about," Franklin's sister said. "This is so out of character."

If you have any information about the case, police ask that you call (312) 746-9259.

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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Wireless AMBER Alerts

Opt in to receive Wireless AMBER Alerts as text messages on your cell phone! This free public service is offered in partnership by The Wireless Foundation, the membership of CTIA-The Wireless Association® and the U.S. Department of Justice to deliver AMBER Alert.

Sign up now at www.wirelessamberalerts.org or through a participating wireless carrier.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

JHERICA SHARRELL SMITH: Missing Since Sept 15, 2007


Jherica was last seen on September 15, 2007 at approximately 1:30 am. She was last seen wearing Capri jeans with a "G-Unit" detail and a turquoise shirt. Her ears are pierced.

Missing From:
RIVERSIDE
CA
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)

Riverside Police Department (California) 1-951-787-7911

Jherica's Missing Kids poster


Case Type: Lost, Injured, Missing
DOB: Jul 5, 1994
Sex: Female
Age Now: 13
Race: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
Weight: 120 lbs (54 kg)
Hair Color: Brown


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DANIEL GABRIEL ORONA: Missing Since Sep 9, 2007







Daniel may be in the company of Ernesto Orona. The photo in the middle and the bottom photo are of Ernesto.

Daniel has a scar on his thigh. Ernesto has a tattoo on his left arm. CAUTION IS ADVISED.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)

Irving Police Department (Texas) 1-972-721-2518

Daniel's Missing Kids poster

Daniel Gabriel Orona's info:
DOB: Jul 27, 2004
Missing: Sep 9, 2007
Age Now: 3
Sex: Male
Race: Hispanic
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Black
Height: 2'8" (81 cm)
Weight: 30 lbs (14 kg)

Ernesto Orona's info:
DOB: Aug 25, 1978
Sex: Male
Race: Hispanic
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 230 lbs (104 kg)

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Some Good News!!!


I was over at the Black and Missing but not Forgotten blog, linked via the picture on the right, and there are some stories with good news.

I'll link them here, so you can click over and read them!

Missing Indy girl found after a 12-hour search

Israel Bell found with teen near S.C. truck stop

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Saturday, September 15, 2007

MISSING: ISRAEL BELL

Update 1 (Sept. 17, 2007 2:34pm KST)
FOUND!

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Michigan: AMBER Alert Active for Israel Bell

September 14, 2007 10:30 AM If you have information, please contact Detroit Police Department at (313) 596-1100 or 911.

Victim
Name Israel Bell
Sex
Height 20"
Hair Color
Skin Color Black
Age 11 days
Weight 7 lbs. 11 ozs
Eye Color Brown
Other Wearing pink, white, purple striped outfit with matching hat

Suspect
Name Jasmine
Sex
Height 5'0"
Hair Color Black and red
Skin Color
Age 17
Weight 105
Eye Color Brown
Other Wearing red jacket, red shirt, blue jeans, hair is in a weave

More Info Here: Missing Newborn

Also, apologies for the lack of updates from my side of the camp -- I haven't had access to the Internet since July.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

For Teens and Parents: Think Before You Post

Three campaigns to inform teens and parents against online preditors. Click, read and learn.

Think Before You Post
Learn how posting images and personal information can put you at risk.

Don't Believe the Hype
Learn how to better protect yourself from online sexual predators.

Help Delete Online Predators
Learn how to better protect your children from online sexual predators.

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Evana Taylor: Missing Since August 4, 2007



Circumstances: Evana was abducted by her non-custodial mother, Evelyn Taylor, on August 4, 2007. A felony warrant was issued for the abductor on August 16, 2007. They may travel to Oregon.

Missing From:
NEWPORT
AR
United States

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Newport Police Department (Arkansas) 1-870-523-2722


Evana's poster


Evana Taylor
DOB: Apr 17, 1999
Missing: Aug 4, 2007
Age Now: 8
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 4'0" (122 cm)
Weight: 70 lbs (32 kg)

Evelyn Taylor
Abductor
DOB: Oct 9, 1980
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 190 lbs (86 kg)

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Monica Omena Ofurie: Missing Since August 12, 2007



Both photos shown are of the child. Monica may be in the company of her non-custodial mother. They may travel to the United Kingdom.

Monica's poster

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Lynn Police Department (Massachusetts) 1-781-595-2000

Missing From:
LYNN
MA
United States

DOB: Aug 12, 2002
Missing: Aug 20, 2007
Age Now: 5
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 3'6" (107 cm)
Weight: 40 lbs (18 kg)

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Cinthia Pulido-DelToro, Lilibeth Sierra DelToro and Anahi Josette DelToro: Missing Since August 29, 2007




On August 29, 2007, Cinthia picked up her children, Lilibeth and Anahi from their babysitter's residence in Phoenix, Arizona and was on her way back home to Mesa, Arizona. She contacted a family member at approximately 9:30 pm and said she would be home soon. Cinthia and the children have not been heard from since. They were last known to be traveling in a 2005 blue Chevy Cavalier with Arizona license plate 036-MBZ.

The poster containing information on all three.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Mesa Police Department (Arizona) - 1-480-644-2211


Cinthia, Lilibeth and Anahi
Missing City: PHOENIX
Missing State : AZ

Cinthia's description:
DOB: Jun 21, 1982
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Aug 29, 2007
Race: Hispanic
Age Now: 25
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
Weight: 120 lbs (54 kg)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown

Lilibeth's description:
DOB: Jun 28, 2004
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Aug 29, 2007
Race: Hispanic
Age Now: 3
Height: 3'0" (91 cm)
Weight: 35 lbs (16 kg)
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown

Anahi's description:
DOB: Apr 16, 2007
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Aug 29, 2007
Race: Hispanic
Age Now: 4 Month(s)
Height: 2'0" (61 cm)
Height: 12 lbs (5 kg)
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown

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Kristian Isaih Allen: Missing Since August 16, 2007


Kristian Isaih Allen

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
Maryland Center for Missing Children
1-800-637-5437 (1-800-MDS-KIDS)
Maryland State Police, Annapolis Barrack, 410-974-3301

Missing City: CHELTENHAM
Missing State : MD
Missing Country: United States

DOB: Apr 21, 1992
Age Now: 15
Sex: Male
Missing Date: Aug 16, 2007
Race: Black
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Weight: 165 lbs (75 kg)
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown

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